Chapter I: Front Matter

DIARIES OF SIR MOSES AND LADY MONTEFIORE

COMPRISING THEIR LIFE AND WORK AS RECORDED IN THEIR DIARIES FROM 1812 TO 1883.

WITH THE ADDRESSES AND SPEECHES OF SIR MOSES; HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH MINISTERS, AMBASSADORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC BODIES; PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF HIS MISSIONS IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY; FIRMANS AND EDICTS OF EASTERN MONARCHS; HIS OPINIONS ON FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, AND ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS REFERRING TO MEN OF HIS TIME, AS RELATED BY HIMSELF.

EDITED BY

Dr L. LOEWE,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; OF
THE SOCIETE ASIATIQUE OF PARIS; OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON,
ETC. (ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND CONSTANTINOPLE
UNDER THE LATE SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE, BART., IN THE YEAR 1840).

ASSISTED BY HIS SON.

IN TWO VOLUMES

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

VOL. II.

CHICAGO:
BELFORD-CLARKE CO.
1890.

(_The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved._)

COPYRIGHT--BELFORD-CLARKE CO., CHICAGO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGE

Sir Moses presented to the Queen on being made
a Baronet--Ukase of the Czar--The affair of
Deir-el-Kámár--Sir Moses' Interviews with Louis-Philippe,
M. Guizot, and Lord Normanby--Satisfactory Measures of the
French Government 1

CHAPTER II.

The Polish and Russian Jews and the Question of
Agriculture--The Jewish Disabilities in Parliament
again--The Chartist Riots--Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore
depart for the Holy Land--Absurd Charge brought against
them--Their Return to England 9

CHAPTER III.

Preparations for the Great Exhibition--Fresh Measures
against the Russian Jews--Complaints from Rome--News from
Damascus--Baron Lionel de Rothschild takes the Oath on the
Old Testament--Sir Moses Interviews Louis Napoleon at the
Elysée--The Exhibition 18

CHAPTER IV.

Visit of the Hereditary Prince of Egypt--Baron Lionel de
Rothschild returned for the City--The North American Relief
Society--Sir Moses on the Distress in Palestine--Serious
Illness 26

CHAPTER V.

A Hospital for Jerusalem--Distribution of Relief in
Palestine--Battle of the Alma--Sir Moses again sets out
for the East--He receives the Order of the Medjidjeh--His
Second Interview with the Sultan 35

CHAPTER VI.

Arrival at Jerusalem--Miss Roger's Description of the
Jewish Girls' School there--Sir Moses purchases a Piece of
Land--Oriental Methods of Bargaining 44

CHAPTER VII.

Departure from Jerusalem--Arrival in England--Projected
Railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem--Lord Palmerston's
Views--The Firman Hháti-Hoomáyoon--Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe 56

CHAPTER VIII.

Fifth Visit to the Holy Land--Maltese Jews and their
Grievances--Cairo, Jaffa, Lydda, and Geeb--Arrival in
Jerusalem--The Appeal Fund Institutions 63

CHAPTER IX.

Toussoun Pasha stays on a visit to Sir Moses--Sir Moses
re-elected President of the Board of Deputies--The Indian
Mutiny--Monetary Panic--The Jewish Disabilities at last
removed--Sir Moses presents Toussoun Pasha to the Queen 72

CHAPTER X.

The Case of the Abduction of Edgar Mortara--Strange
Theory about Baptism--Sir Moses interests Himself in the
Matter--Action of the Evangelical Society--Discouraging
Opinions 82

CHAPTER XI.

Cardinal Antonelli declares the Abduction of the Child
Mortara "A Closed Question"--The Delusion about the
Passover Cakes spreads to Rome--Uneasy Feeling among the
Jews in that City--Shameful Attempts to get up Testimony
against Them--Interview with Cardinal Antonelli--Sir Moses
leaves Rome 90

CHAPTER XII.

Interview with the Duc de Grammont--Another
Ukase--Influential Protest in the Mortara Case--Persecution
in Roumania--Attitude of the French and Turkish Governments
towards the Jews 100

CHAPTER XIII.

The Sultan permits the Building of the Jerusalem
Almshouses--Concession for a Carriage-Road from Jaffa to
Jerusalem--Sir Moses champions the Persecuted Christians of
Syria--Punishment of the Culprits--Disquieting Reports from
Damascus 109

CHAPTER XIV.

Appeal from the Jews of Damascus--Lord John Russell's
Action--The Mortara Case again--Serious Illness of Lady
Montefiore 116

CHAPTER XV.

Affairs in Syria--Lord Palmerston's Advice--Death of the
Duchess of Kent--Acquittal of one of the Accused Jews at
Damascus--Favourable News from Moldavia--Death of the
Prince Consort 125

CHAPTER XVI.

The Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway--Lord Dufferin--Sir Moses
and Lady Montefiore's Golden Wedding--Death of Lady
Montefiore 133

CHAPTER XVII.

Burial of Lady Montefiore--Sir Moses sets out for
Jerusalem--Interview with Sultan Abd-Ool-Azeez--Abandonment
of the Journey to the Holy Land--More Persecutions in
Morocco--Sir Moses proceeds there on a Mission 139

CHAPTER XVIII.

The Mission to Morocco--Tangier--Liberation of two
Prisoners--Deputation of Moors--Sir Moses successfully
Intercedes for them--Death of Sir Moses' Sister, Mrs.
Goldsmid--Oppressive Regulations respecting the Jews in
Morocco--Favourable Edict of the Sultan 148

CHAPTER XIX.

Reception of Sir Moses by the Sultan of
Morocco--Enthusiastic Welcome from the Jewish Colony--Home
again--Congratulatory Meeting at the London Tavern 154

CHAPTER XX.

Sir Moses receives the Thanks of the City of London--The
Projected Survey of Jerusalem--Bad News from Rome, Hamadan,
and Jaffa--Endowment of Judith College Ramsgate--Death of
Lord Palmerston 162

CHAPTER XXI.

Sixth Journey to the Holy Land--A new Jewish Census--The
Plague of Locusts--Death of Dr. Hodgkin--Arrival in
Jerusalem 171

CHAPTER XXII.

Sir Moses' Narrative continued--The Jerusalem Water
Supply--Scheme for Isolating Lepers--Deputation from
Safed--The Jews and Agriculture--Unfounded Allegations by a
pretended Austrian Consul 176

CHAPTER XXIII.

Visit to the Mount of Olives--Site of the Holy Temple--Dr
Norman Macleod's Charge--Sir Moses' Inquiries--Dr Macleod's
Retractation 181

CHAPTER XXIV.

Departure from the Holy City--Return to England--Visit
to Baron Brunnow and Lord Clarendon--Frightful Outbreak
against the Jews in Persia--Fresh Complaints from Moldavia
187

CHAPTER XXV.

Sir Moses accepts a Mission to the Danubian
Principalities--Action of the British, Russian, and Persian
Governments--Prince Bismarck's Opinion--Death of Sir Moses'
Brother, Horatio 195

CHAPTER XXVI.

Result of Appeals to Roumanian Bigotry--Perilous Position
of the Mission--Courageous Conduct of Sir Moses--An
Enterprising Contractor--Satisfactory end of the Mission 203

CHAPTER XXVII.

Giurgevo--Rustschuk--Sistova--Nicopolis--Buda-Pesth--Return
to England--Addresses of Thanks from Bucharest--Local
Honours at Ramsgate 211

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Serious Outbreak against the Jews at Berlad--Sir Moses
appeals to the Moldavian Government--The Reply--Repressive
Bill affecting the Jews--The Galatz Incident--Lord
Shaftesbury and Sir Moses--Visit to the South of France 219

CHAPTER XXIX.

The Prince of Wales and Sir Moses--Consecration of Judith
College--Napoleon III. a Prisoner of War--Serious Charges
against the Jews of Damascus in the _Times_ Newspaper--Sir
Moses' Answer--Death of Sir Moses' Sister, Mrs Gompertz 227

CHAPTER XXX.

Famine in Persia--Sir Moses assists in the Work of
Relief--Lord Granville's Aid--The Tabernacle at
Ramsgate--Professor Max Müller--Illness of the Prince of
Wales 237

CHAPTER XXXI.

Petition to the Shah--Outrages in Smyrna--Second Mission
to Russia--Visit to Stockholm--Interview with the Czar
Alexander II. 244

CHAPTER XXXII.

Continuation of Sir Moses' Narrative--Satisfactory Report
with regard to the Condition of the Roumanian Jews--Arrival
in Berlin--Return to England--Visit of the Shah to England
251

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Address to the Czar on the occasion of the Marriage of the
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh--The Czar's Reply--Death of
Sir Moses' Sister, Mrs. Cohen--Sir Moses reads his own
Obituary--He resigns his office as President of the Board
of Deputies 258

CHAPTER XXXIV.

Unveiling of the Bust of the Archbishop of Canterbury at
St. Peter's Orphanage--Sir Moses on Jewish Conversion--The
Montefiore Testimonial--Preparing to start once more for
the Holy Land 266

CHAPTER XXXV.

Seventh Voyage to Palestine--Reception at Jaffa--Arrival in
Jerusalem 272

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Welcome to Jerusalem--Satisfactory Report on the
Condition of the Population in the Holy City--Sir Moses'
Recommendations for their welfare 277

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Congratulations on his Return to England--The Testimonial
Fund--Palestine Colonization Fund--Unveiling the Bust of
Mrs. Tait--Bad News from Eastern Europe--Musurus Pasha's
Assurance 284

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Accusation against Jews in the Caucasus--Affairs in
Syria--Anti-Semitic Movement in Prussia--Death of Joseph
Meyer Montefiore--Assassination of Alexander II. 290

CHAPTER XXXIX.

Persecution in Russia--Lord Granville's Speech--Project
of Emigration to America--Death of Dean Stanley and of
President Garfield 297

CHAPTER XL.

The Reign of Terror in Russia--Indignation Meeting
in London--The Lord Mayor's Fund--The Tisza-Eszlar
Trial--Anti-Jewish Congress at Dresden--A pretended Speech
of Sir Moses--Death of Archbishop Tait 303

CHAPTER XLI.

Sir Moses Congratulates the Czar Alexander III.
on his Coronation--He appeals to the Hungarian
Parliament--Acquittal of the Accused at
Tisza-Eszlar--Rejoicings on Sir Moses completing his
Ninety-ninth Year 311

CHAPTER XLII.

Presentation of an Address from the City of London--The
Chovavey Zion Society--Progress of the Agricultural
Movement 322

CHAPTER XLIII.

A grand old Centenarian--Public Gatherings in his
honour--Ramsgate illuminated--Sir Moses' Health 328

CHAPTER XLIV.

Sir Moses' Reply to the Board of Deputies--His failing
Strength--First published Bulletin--Sir Moses' Death 336

CHAPTER XLV.

Funeral of Sir Moses--A Town in Mourning--Deputation from
all parts--The Funeral Service--Conclusion 345

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